MinuteEarth
Why Is A Group Of Crows Called A “Murder”?
Collective nouns are a great way to have fun with language and nature. Thank you! ___________________________________________ Collective Noun: A noun that denotes a group of individuals. Terms of Venery: Collective nouns specific to...
Curated Video
Don’t Make These Noncount Noun Mistakes on IELTS - IELTS Energy Podcast 1287
IELTS students make mistakes all the time with countable and uncountable nouns- find out how these bring down your vocabulary and grammar scores on Speaking and Writing, so you don't make the same mistakes on test day.
Curated Video
Understanding Collective Nouns
Join us in this lesson as we explain the difference between collective and plural nouns. Collective nouns are groups of nouns, like a family, a neighborhood, or a bouquet of flowers. Although there are many people or things together, we...
Curated Video
Exploring the Weird and Wonderful World of Collective Nouns
In this video, the speaker explores the fascinating world of collective nouns in the English language. From animals to people, he delves into the origins and usage of these unique and sometimes bizarre terms. Discover the history behind...
Professor Dave Explains
Collective Nouns in Italian
You know how we can refer to a school of fish, or a gaggle of geese? These are collective nouns. Italian uses them too! Let's learn a bunch of important ones that apply to people, animals, and things!
Englishing
ESL - Concrete or abstract nouns
Mr. P. will start off by asking the following questions; what are they? what kind of nouns are there? are they countable or uncountable? He will then answer all those questions and give examples of each. He will proceed with the...
Oxford Online English
Uncountable Nouns - English Grammar Lesson
Do you know the difference between countable and uncountable nouns? The basic difference is quite simple, but this topic still needs attention. Often, countable and uncountable nouns are different in different languages. Also, some nouns...
The Learning Depot
Subject Verb Agreement: Basic Rules with Examples
Subject-verb agreement is for the most part fairly straight forward, but can be tricky when you have compound subjects joined by nor and or, collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, singular nouns that end in s, the pronoun none, inverted...
Turtle Diary
Turtle Diary: Collective Nouns
This video presents a thorough explanation of collective nouns, including what they are and how they are usually structured in a sentence. Plenty of examples support learning this concept.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
This video lesson focuses on pronoun and antecedent agreement including in number and in gender. It also provides rules for using indefinite pronouns, collective nouns, and compound nouns. [7:03]
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: What Are Collective Nouns: No Nonsense Grammar
This video focuses on the collective noun, a word that refers to a group, such as a collection, a herd, a team.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Collective Nouns
So you know that birds of a feather flock together, but a flock of birds doesn't always fly together. What if one bird goes rogue and flies out of formation? Do you then say that the flock are flying? Or are they still a single entity...